The south-London producer/artist/composer/selector/percussionist/vibist/cook/barberAl Dobson Jris coming our way.
First things first: cut down your fucking bio, guy. That shit makes you sound like a straight-up dickhead. Otherwise, dude knows good tunes! He’s released on the likes of 22a, Izwid and Sey Music, and anyone who has Theo Parrish in their fan base gets an automatic tick of approval from me, let alone also featuring Andrew Ashong and Mo Kolours. Catch him in Sydney on Friday September 16, venue TBA.
One of the most in-demand DJs in the game, Prosumer [above], has locked in a Sydney return. Best known as a former resident of the legendary Panorama Bar, in recent years he relocated to Edinburgh and over the course of his career has released records on labels such as Potion, OstGut Ton, Playhouse and Running Back, and collaborated with the likes of Murat Tepeli and Tama Sumo. Catch him on Friday September 30 at Red Rattler.
In other news that makes me want to set fire to the once holy institution of music journalism: NME is now touting that 3D from Massive Attack is actually the illusive street artist Banksy. First up: Banksy is god-awful and hasn’t been relevant in a decade. Second of all: shut the fuck up NME and stop writing trash to try and desperately spike your circulation numbers.
Thoughts: last week, the undisputed greatest club in the world, Berghain, got hit by lightning. This completely fucked the air-con and basically turned the place into a sauna, while also meaning the lights came back on full-blare showcasing how fucked everyone around each other looked. According to DJ T, who was playing at Panorama Bar, this meant everyone got naked and continued in the hedonism. That’s great, but for fuck’s sake, that also means that every single wannabe electronic music outlet that jumps at the chance to write anything about the place so they can get hit$, went loco. Hot tip kids just out of journo school: if you missed the scoop first up, you missed it. No-one wants to read the same story a billion times, and all you’re doing by pushing it late is showing everyone else that you’re not on the ball. Of course, this piece is running days after everyone else’s report on the same story, so we might be guilty too.
Tour rumours: One of the main components behind Deep Dish, Ali Shirazinia AKA Dubfire, is coming back our way in December. Lock it in. I’ve also got a feeling that we’ll be seeing Helena Hauff sooner rather than later.
Best releases this week: Oh my god if you haven’t already scored Acronym’s Entangled In Vines (on Semantica), then put down my rubbish words and get to this record now. Otherwise I suggest spending some time with DJ Bone & Deetron’s The Storytellers (Subject Detroit), Marco Zenker’s Phony Pictures (Ilian Tape) and VHVL’s Evn (Leaving Records).
Recommended:
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8 – SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11
Red Bull Music Academy Weekender: Mr. Fingers, Bok Bok, Peanut Butter Wolf + more @Various venues
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9
Young Marco@ Civic Underground
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10
Giorgio Gigli @TBA
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11
Chez Damier @Harpoon Harry
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16
Detroit Techno Militia@ Goodbar
Al Dobson Jr @TBA
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24
Rebekah @Burdekin Hotel
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30
Prosumer @Red Rattler
SUNDAY OCTOBER 2
Bicep @UTS
SATURDAY OCTOBER 22
Seven Davis Jr @Civic Underground
SUNDAY OCTOBER 23
Honey Soundsystem@Cruise Bar
SATURDAY OCTOBER 29
Green Velvet @Greenwood Hotel
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11 – SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13
Return To Rio: Carl Cox, De La Soul, Eric Powell, DJ EZ + more @Del Rio, Wisemans Ferry
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12
Marcel Dettman @Chinese Laundry
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 26
Randomer @TBA
Jackmaster @Greenwood Hotel
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 30
Machinedrum@ Civic Underground
FRIDAY DECEMBER 2 – SUNDAY DECEMBER 4
Subsonic Music Festival: Lee Scratch Perry, Mad Professor, Josh Wink, Ben UFO + more @Riverwood Downs Mountain Valley Resort
SUNDAY DECEMBER 4
Tell No Tales: Ricardo Villalobos, Pan-Pot, Audion + more @Randwick Racecourse
SATURDAY DECEMBER 10
Ben UFO, Seth Troxler @Greenwood Hotel
THURSDAY DECEMBER 29 – SATURDAY DECEMBER 31
Lost Paradise: Leon Vynehall, Optimo, Lunice, Heidi + more @Glenworth Valley
